Meta pushes back enforcement of new business terms after publishers flagged language that could let it scrape news sites for AI training.
Meta is delaying new business terms that publishers warned could be used to scrape news content for AI model training without compensation. The company tweaked language to remove the most explicit scraping permissions, but legal experts say the changes don't fully close the loophole.
The dispute is the latest flashpoint between platform companies and content publishers over who owns the right to train on journalism, after similar fights with OpenAI, Google, and others.
Publishers now have leverage to extract licensing deals or stronger contractual protections before Meta's terms take effect, a template other content owners should study closely. Any ambiguity in scraping rights is a commercial risk for both sides until courts or regulators settle the question.
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